Model demonstrating the assembly of a prefabricated concrete construction system for Westville Road Primary School and Brandlehow Road Infants School, Hammersmith, London Architect/Designer Goldfinger, Erno (1902-1987) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1950 Image Date 1950 View Exterior Style Modern Movement Medium Model Library Reference MOD/GOLD/9 Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit RIBA Collections Subject Modernism: Modernist Materials ; Construction sites ; Concrete ; Prefabrication ; Cranes ; Schools
NOTES: Goldfinger invented his own prefabricated concrete system for the building of Westville Road Primary School and Brandlehow Road Infants School. A crane moved across a concrete platform, dropping the uprights into holes prior to positioning the cross beams into the grooves, as demonstrated in this model.
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